Julie Taton

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Julie Taton
Julie Taton 2005.jpg
Born (1984-02-06) 6 February 1984 (age 40)
OccupationTelevision host
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Belgium 2003
Major
competition(s)
Miss Belgium 2003
(Winner)
Miss World 2003
(Unplaced)

Julie Taton (born 6 February 1984) is a Belgian politician from the Reformist Movement. By profession she is a TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2003 and represented her country at Miss World 2003. [1]

Biography

Taton was born in Namur, Belgium in 1984. In 2003, when she was 18 years old, she won the title of Miss Belgium. She represented her country at Miss Universe 2003, Miss Europe 2003, and Miss World 2003. [2]

After her reign as Miss Belgium came to an end, she joined RTL-TVI in Belgium as an announcer. She also presented a live morning show on Radio Contact, also in Belgium. [3]

In 2009, Taton presented the Belgian version of L'Amour est dans le pré. In 2011, she presented the talent show series Belgium's Got Talent and the French reality show Secret Story. [4] [5] In 2009 and 2016, Taton was a participant in the French game show Fort Boyard. [6] [7]

Taton is an ambassador for the Red Cross in Belgium and supporter of Think Pink, an association for breast cancer survivors. [3]

In the 2024 Belgian federal election she was elected in Hainaut. [8]

She tried to change her official address to an apartment in Mons owned by the president of the Reformist Movement, Georges-Louis Bouchez, so that she could get elected there in the October 2024 local government elections. This was rejected by the Belgian Ministry of the Interior. [9]

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References

  1. "Les terribles combats de Julie Taton: "C'est un moment extrêmement dur, le monde s'écroule"". sudinfo.be (in French). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  2. (24 August 2009). La craquante Julie Taton, Miss Belgique 2003 devenue animatrice... se dévoile sans tabou ! Archived 2017-08-31 at the Wayback Machine , Purepeople.com (in French).
  3. 1 2 "julie taton". MYTF1 (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  4. "Former Miss Julie Taton about the tough decision she had to make after giving birth: "I was overwhelmed by doubts"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). July 18, 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  5. "Secret Story 11: Christophe Beaugrand confirme l'absence de Julie Taton sur Facebook !". Ma Chaîne Étudiante TV (in French). 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  6. "Fort Boyard 2016 : la dernière avec Roselyne Bachelot, Priscilla Betti, Christophe Licata, Julie Taton, Thierry Samitier et Françoise Laborde". Toutelatele (in French). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  7. "Équipe Julie Taton". 4 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  8. "Élections 2024 : voici les élus wallons, bruxellois et fédéraux". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  9. "Mons en Mieux appeals against rejection of candidate Julie Taton's address change".
Preceded by Miss Belgium
2003
Succeeded by